Larsen’s subsidiary B-Soul label continues it’s delivery of some of the best vintage soul sounds to be heard these days. This time around, it’s The Slow Slushy Boys, showing their “love & affection”, as well as competence, for the genre. Wearing their influences on the sleeve, they cover some obscure super cool dance grooves such as Motor City’s Nathaniel Mayer’s (I Want) Love & Affection (Not The House Of Correction) or Shotgun Boogaloo, as well as some more familiar, but equally cool material like the Turners’ I Can’t Believe What You Say, Garnet Mimms’Look Away or Arthur Conley’s I’m Gonna Forget About You. But they sure know their own way through it too, as proven by the Stax-astic pair of When Will We Get The Power and the MGs-like instrumental organ-isation Slush Puppy. There’s also the white-boy blue-eyed soul side of the band, heard through their own Be Natural and even some moody Zombie-heaven of Never Bad Times. File under floor-filler Northern Soul classic in the making.(Pop Diggers)

The sixties are alive and well in the new millennium! The Slow Slushy Boys have returned with a real screamer. Junior Walker would be proud. The A-side of this particular piece of brilliance, “Shotgun Boo-ga-loo”, is so great that I don’t really know where to begin. The band is tight, Teen Axel is merciless on the organ, and Benny’s vocals are a real treat. The B-side, “Why (I Want To Know)”, is 2:20 of pure, unadulterated joy. As with the A-side, the interplay between the vocal and organ is outstanding. And, once again, each member of the band turns in a great performance. Shotgun Boo-ga-loo is at once fresh and classic. Definitely not to be missed. Ryan Richardson 2003 - Hammondbeat

The Slushies can really move a groove and by now you all should know that Mohair Sweets cannot resist a quality groove. Every new release moves the Slushy Boys closer and closer to a becoming a full-on funky monster that hardcore raw funk and boogaloo fans will be name-dropping at their weekly meetings. This baby is a double-sided dancer and makes its home at the top of the 45 pile when it's time to get down. Righteous. Mohair sweet

7" "Slush Puppy/ Das weiss der Teufel" - Butterfly rds 2003

Every once in while, in this business, a surprise happens. That was the case when a batch of 7” singles arrived at the Hammondbeat offices from Les Slow Slushy Boys. I was familiar with them from a split 7” from several years ago that they did with the Medway act The Kravin’ A’s. But, I was completely unprepared for the 60’s style soul that emanated from my stereo. The A-side of this gem, “Slush Puppy”, sounds as hot and funky as any vintage Wilson Pickett, Jr. Walker or Booker T track, and yet still has the freshness of today’s scene. How they pulled this off, I’m not quite sure, but the results are sure fine. The B-side, “Das Weiss Der Teufel”, manages to kick just as much ass as the A-side. The organ riffs and driving soul beats completely immerse the listener, and refuse to let up until they’re done having their wicked way with you. One complaint, though guys… Couldn’t you have put more songs on this, or made it last longer, or something? Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to play these songs again (and again… and again… and again…). Ryan Richardson 2003 - Hammondbeat

Two fab frenchy instros with the marvellous tones of band leader Denis' teenage son's solid keyboards and 'ye ye' backing from Phil Suggitt's faves Les Godzillas on 'Slush Puppy'. This is truly great stuff, and I'm so pleased things are still on the up for this fine band that we have supported since Gravedigger #1 Both of these are the finest instros released on Butterfly and give everything else out there, including The JTQ, a bloody good run for their money. This is ready-made, or should I say tailor-made, for the mod dancefloor. 'Das Weiss Der Teufel' will be a floor filler. It really doesn't get much groovier than this!!!! Jon 'Mojo' Mills (shindig)

Wow, a brand new tittyshaker, and one of the highest calibre as well. I Just received this in the post today to review for the site but it turned out to be so f*cking hot that it found its way into this feature also. The A-side is a psych organ stomper with more than a hint of sixties euro pop jerk, think Brigitte Bardot's 'St Tropez' re-recorded by Claude Bolling and you are almost there. However as good as that is the flip side is the one for me, a wild spazzed-out mod organ workout of equal frenzied pace to 'Shhhhhhhhhh for a little while' with just a tad of Allan Hawkshaw/ Keith Mansfield thrown in for good measure. ABSOLUTELY RECOMMENDED FOR YOU HIPSHAKERS! Soul Generation

This is doing it for me at the moment in a big way, it’s got to be one of the most exciting new sixties organ movers I’ve heard since the Boogaloo Investigators dropped their first 45. Two sides of blistering Rn’B stomp with more than a hint of sixties French Jerk to it, this is a must have for any self-respecting hipster or Go-Go girl. Already featured in my Tittyshaker chart after only 1 listen. It seems that there are more fantastic releases coming out now than ever before and what’s more these are not re-issues of old acts but are new and exciting bands on the scene, do your bit to support this talent and buy the records. Soul Generation

The SSB are influenced by british beat and r&b from the 60s, but most recognizable are the organ and guitar riffs of the unsurpassed Monks. The opener 'Long long time', a cover of the Savages, sets the tone for the rest of the record: uptempo beat, a "crispy" organ sound, strong vocals and a superb production (in mono) from the hand of Liam Watson. Among the 6 covers of this album also stick out "Smoking Cigarettes" (of our own Golden Earrings), "the girl that radiates that charm" and the instrumental "night doctor" (lee perry). With these last 2 songs the band proves that it can also handle material from a different direction. The own compositions are fine too. Not too complex, short and powerful, great drive and played with a lot of conviction. Together with the Embrooks (reviewed last month in this column) the SSB are the saviours of beat music which does very well at parties [this sentence is also a bit strange in the dutch version - JHV]. Party Time! (andre koolmees - Smilin Ears - Holland)